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You think someone there cued him in to all of the panic? lol

Good point.

This is getting more curious and confusing.

My single CF is fine.

Seems like a pretty damn good collection to me. You've hit every beat except the VF-4.

Do I count as a hater too because I don't like a lot of the proportions? I'm still interested in seeing the engineering of how one goes together so I've considered buying it for that.

The more I look at one of the Regult Kits the more I wish I had bought one. We don't get nearly enough photos of the kits bought by members here on the forums.

The Battroid pics with the A head almost look alright. That S head looks like a little kid with a giant head wearing a helmet. Atrocious proportion there.

That is not full Gerwalk. Besides, nobody ever said you couldn't stand it up in Gerwalk. We said it was tenuous, not balanced well. If you had a loose toe it would easily topple and you only had maybe one or two ways to splay the legs that worked. Quit pretending like we don't know how to pose the Valk. Gerwalk is my favorite mode and this one is terrible to try to pose in any way.

True. When is Wonder Festival again? End of this month?

That's not a rebuttal, that's childish nonsense.

It affects pose-ability and fun. Nobody complaining about the ankles used the term "aggressive" as far as I'm aware. It was the people saying the ankles were fine that kept repeating that term.

IMO the Quarter looks stupid all around. I'm not a big fan of the Guantanamo but I'd take a few Northamptons. Honestly it would be nice any they made any of the other caps though.

I'd take a Battle 7 as well but considering they won't even make an SDFM version of the SDF-1 and how many shelf warmer Quarters there were I don't think capital ships sell at all. I even want cap ships that don't transform, like an Uraga or something.

So that means a lot of us are going to have to get good at customization. That's too bad, it was nice having the options. That doesn't bode well for reissues at all.

I'd take a VF-3000. Other than a new mold (and including whatever new/fixed gimmicks they might want as a holdover from the VF-1's) they already know how to make the transformation work.

You guys do realize that his parents have content blockers on his web browser and you're directing him to a video that contains pretty graphic violence and some nudity right? Besides, DYRL does a HORRIBLE job explaining anything.

I would buy the hell out of both of those if they were made.

For reference, the original show is about Humans coming together to fight an alien threat. The Human military goes by U.N. Spacy (which is sort for United Nations Space Navy... I believe.) The main capitol ship is a "Macross" Class Carrier called the SDF-1. The Fighters it launches are referred to as Valkyries (the various VF-1, 17, 22 etc... we have been referencing are all Valkyries.). In terms of toys there's only ever been two capitol ships that have been made in recent times. The Movie edition (from Do You Remember Love) SDF-1 and the Frontier from Macross Frontier (which is also a "Macross" Class Carrier.) Both of these capitol ships do transform from a Cruiser to "Attacker" mode which is humanoid in shape. The SDF-1 will be out of your price range. I think it's still possible to buy a Frontier but it will consume most of your birthday money. The Frontier has more bang for you buck in terms of poseability and fun, but neither give much bang for your buck.

While the show is fantastical it tends to deal in relative realism. It doesn't go for the Super Robot style where robots come out of robots and that combine together to become other, more giant robots. These are military vehicles. An F-22 Raptor isn't going to join together with an F-1 Abraham and become some other giant vehicle. Nothing like that happens in Macross. At best there are specific pieces of extra armor that can be applied to the VF-1 and VF-25 that make them look bigger and more mean but that's it.

Frontier could mean nothing more than NUNS stickers or possibly special Fast Packs like in the second film.

Man, it looks damn good. The integrated neck cover is a cool addition. I like that it has either a single or two seater config... but those fuggin' ankles look like the crap ball joints again. I could be wrong. Hopefully they're more like the VF-4 ankles. Thanks for the rotation Omega!

In terms of enemy mecha, they've never sold well for Macross so you really don't see much of them. For the most part everything Macross is in 1/60 scale. You'll run across some older stuff in 1/55 or 1/65 scale but they're not modern toys. The Bandai hi-Metal 1/100's are relatively modern but are now defunct. Generally there's two (kind of three, more on that in a minute) companies putting out modern 1/60 scale Macross Items. Bandai deals almost exclusively in Macross Frontier. Yamato (now defunct) has put out Macross 0, SDFM, DYRL, Plus, and 7 stuff. Yamato doesn't exist anymore although their products (like the link to the VF-17) are still around and a new company called Arcadia has taken up the reins, it's almost all of Yamato's old employees anyway and they're continuing/updating lines started by Yamato. If it's confusing, no worries. So the fighter types in Macross change per show. The "central" unit in SDFM is the VF-1S Roy type (four head lasers, Gold Stripe) or possibly the VF-1J (Hikaru version). Macross Plus... people choose their favorite. There were only ever really three planes and two of them were pitted against each other. Some love the YF-19 some love the YF-21. Macross 7, the central fighter is the VF-19 Kai ( I personally hate it and don't own one.) Macross Frontier, the central fighter is the VF-25F. Good luck finding one of those. Bandai's production runs have been extremely difficult to manage. If anything, overall the most definitive of all the Valkyries is the VF-1. I would be surprised if you could find any of these toys for cheaper on ebay. Right now, also at HKCollectables, they have the VF-17 Super Parts available for $55.39... factor in shipping on both of the items however. There have been two VF-17 releases so far, the VF-17S with the Gold Stripe and the big head with the four head lasers (Command model) like the toy at the HKCollectables link. The second is a VF-17D that has a white/blue-ish stripe and a different shaped head with two lasers. It's newer, more rare and a lot more expensive. That $80 Super Pack ($55 at HKC) you found on ebay will fit on both the VF-17S and VF-17D variations but it won't fit on any of the other Macross 7 (or any other Macross release) at all. There's a review by one of our members for the Super packs which also includes both the VF-17S and VF-17D wearing them plus a video of how they work and how to attach them. I disagree with his assessment of their value, I think they look exceedingly cool on my VF-17D, but that's for you to judge for yourself. http://anymoon.com/blog/?p=6784 FYI, Macross toys are a lot more expensive then you would be used to with Transformers. The group of collectors is smaller and the toys are more rare so that pushes the cost per item up. FYI, number 2. This ebay listing here is likely one of the more popular Valks you would find from the original series. Roy's VF-1S. http://www.ebay.com/itm/Yamato-Macross-160-VF1S-Roy-Focker-w-30th-Option-Parts-Movie-Version-/290939821931

Make a MAXL and the two seater 17. Hell, make a non-super robot CF version of the MAXL as well. I'll buy all of those.

1/3000 scale SDFM version of SDF-1... my SDF-1 was never made.